Pablo de Santis

In the tradition of Caleb Carr's The Alienist and Eric Larsen's The Devil in the White City comes a gripping tale of murder and the art of crime solving, atmospherically set during the 1889 Paris World's Fair.It is 1889, and the entire world breathlessly anticipates the Paris World's Fair and the opening of Monsieur Eiffel's iconic tower. The Twelve Detectives — a society of the twelve most famous, compelling, and dazzling detectives from around the world — have been asked to discuss the secrets of their trade as part of the fair's lineup of events. The Twelve travel to Paris to convene as a single body for the first time, but also, if some whispers are to be believed, to debate the very philosophy that underlies their pursuit of the world's most wanted criminals.But one detective is conspicuously absent: the legendary founding member of The Twelve, Renato Craig, will not attend. In his place he sends his novice assistant, Sigmundo Salvatrio — son of a shoemaker, a lifelong detective-arts devotee, and the only remaining student of Craig's famed Academy for Detectives in Buenos Aires. Salvatrio arrives in Paris, carrying a secret message meant only for Craig's best friend and cofounder of The Twelve, the brilliant, brooding, and fiercely competitive Viktor Arzaky.When a member of The Twelve is discovered dead at the foot of the gleaming Eiffel Tower, the first in what turns into a series of grisly murders, Arzaky and Salvatrio find themselves in a race against time around glorious fin de siecle Paris, encountering all manner of secret societies, solving philosophical puzzles, while also trying to save a dangerously beautiful woman.The pair soon realizes that the stakes involved are unimaginably high; they must not only catch the stalking murderer but also alter the fate of their precious brotherhood.Written in a strikingly original voice, and poignantly evoking a world about to lose its innocence forever, The Paris Enigma opens a window onto crime solving's early days, when wit, common sense, and intelligence were the only tools a detective could rely on.

Iván Dragó participa en un concurso de juegos. Inventa un juego y recibe una carta en la que le dicen que ha resultado elegido entre otros diez mil chicos. Esta situación le cambia la vida. Sus padres desaparecen y se ve obligado a vivir primero con su tía y luego con su abuelo, el famoso inventor de juegos Nicolás Dragó. En la ciudad de Zyl, cuna de los juegos, se abrirá para él un mundo de aventuras y misterios.

El mundo de los espías está desapareciendo. Ya nadie intercambia secretos. El último espía no sabe qué hacer con su tiempo, hasta que recibe un llamado de un Millonario Misterioso que le propone nuevos enigmas para develar. Así el protagonista de este libro se enfrentará a un destructor de telescopios, a un asesino de palomas, a la desaparición de una ciudad, a un libro maldito. Y entre misión y misión, deberá averiguar quién es el Millonario Misterioso que le encarga los trabajos.

As calligrapher for the great Voltaire, Dalessius becomes witness to many wonders-- and finds himself in the middle of a secret battle between the malevolent remnants of the all-but-dead Dark Ages and the progressive elements of the modern age.

Juan, a budding artist, has a special mission to deliver a package to Sanders, the legendary seeker of endings, which leads him into a world where fiction and reality collide.

Max viaja a Buenos Aires para estudiar una carrera. Sin embargo, el verdadero motivo que lo mueve es buscar a Teresa, de quien está enamorado. Al llegar, se instala en un cuarto barato, cuya ventana le recuerda al ojo de un pez, desde donde observa a la ciudad. Finalmente se anima a zambullirse en ella, y sale a buscar trabajo. Allí encuentra gente nueva, conoce el amor y se sumerge en otra realidad que no tiene mucho que ver con su sueño, pero que, tal vez, termine aproximándose a él. A young man looks back on his experiences as a student in Buenos Aires, living in a cheap room on the top floor of a soon to be torn down building.